Froude

The wind really made that one of the more impressive storms we've had in years. One from driving in Craftsbury yesterday... overhead snowbanks and stakes lining the road so the plows can find it.

Feels like an overperformer.. already 5ish here and coming down hard. 16 does seem aggressive though.

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

I was in Bethel for a family reunion this weekend and took a drive up to SR.  Seemed like plenty of snow.  Of course I don't live in one of the favored VT areas so I may not be able to judge all that accurately.

Glad to hear it for their sake.. I'm guessing they are good at retention over there. Smuggs is at 212" but was wiped to the ground just before New Years. Two different ways to get there.

Northern VT resorts over 200" and Sunday River just passing 60" today blows my mind. Feast or famine this year on the northwest flow.

9 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Lack of ice crystals and nuclei in the dry slot…

Interesting stuff. I also remember a few colder storms that went from 20:1 fluff and finished off with frz drizzle at the end. Just enough zipper crust to ruin the pow.

Heres a couple from up high yesterday. Feels like another planet up there.

Perfect right side up snow today. Made it up to Jay and can confirm the 8-10" plus a few more during the day today. It's stuffed up there for sure.

Quite a run we're on with a couple more systems on the way.

5 hours ago, powderfreak said:

The most insane wind I can remember here this morning.

Looked like some 80 mph gusts up there last night?  That lookout cam is hilarious, snow stake begging for mercy.

Was a great day to be on the west side. 30:1 fluff still falling nicely in Underhill this evening, finally shut off here at home.

Best snow of the week falling here right now. Another 3" of fluff down this morning, maybe 6 or 7 for the event.

14 hours ago, Froude said:

Going to check in on lift serve tomorrow.

Scratch that. One check on the overnight totals and current temps and I think it's a good day to catch up on things inside.

44 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I was thinking your home base must be doing well?

Earlier I saw 7.6” in Jericho and 8.0” in Waterville with snow continuing.

Only a couple here in Fairfax but my mom sent a photo of a nice stack on their deck in Underhill Center. Their place cleans up in these.

Feels like the good ol days lately with some clippers and lots of NW flow. Going to check in on lift serve tomorrow.

Good rates and snow growth in my travels today along the spine, and BTV just upped their forecast. Smuggs reporting 10" today, I wouldn't be surprised to see 20+ in spots by Thursday.

Windier on the west side than a typical upslope event but nothing like the videos I saw coming out of Stowe.

1 hour ago, bwt3650 said:

Ha..I would do it in a minute; I’m just not up there full time yet. In a few years, I’ll at least try to do something at 1900’ where my spot is. I think it’s important for what is the snowiest spot in the East.

Yeah, I’m not sure why they went 10-14. They catch a lot of crap for their totals and honesty, it’s pretty close most of the time, but this is a bit of a head scratcher. People that don’t spend a lot of time there can’t comprehend the amount of snow they get and the fact that the angle of that mountain and lack of anything blocking the moisture feed makes it so much better for upslope. Probably only Stowe in the same league in that area and jay def gets more…how much more is debatable, but it’s more.

The skiing is really incredible right now. They don’t need 10-14 to convince anyone.


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Yeah I def don't want to kick off the Jay snow debate again cause it's clear they come out on top over the course of each season. This one just seemed pretty blatant based off the obs I saw. Just wish I could rely on their reports to know when it's truly worth the extra drive. Honestly 10-14" tonight wouldn't surprise me!

1 hour ago, bwt3650 said:

It wasn’t 10-14 last night…I don’t know where they are getting that.


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Thanks for being our boots on the ground. No doubt it's a nice start to the season up there but really wish we could rely on their numbers. I feel like we should crowdfund you to run a covert high road plot in some hidden thicket at 3000'.

How the hell did Jay pull 10-14" from this last night?  Not exactly their classic setup.@bwt3650 you up there?

84/70 and they just spread manure upwind of my house. Feels like someone took a shit in a steam room.

7 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

River is onto the lawn.  Had to go check it out as this is the perfect storm for high flash water.  I’ve never seen it up this high.  That’s not hyperbole.

Yikes. Probably another hour of heavy stuff to go over there too. People are not sleeping easy tonight in the VT river valleys.

24 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Heard anything about the Lamoille River?  I'm concerned about the LVRT.

Looks high but maybe not quite flood stage downstream here in Fairfax. Certainly nothing like the events last year.

What an incredible stretch of early summer weather. Really good for anything you want to do outside. Hot enough to swim, dry enough to hike or bike without a sweat, warm patio temps till sunset, and cool nights with the windows open. We welcome the rain later this week but then let's re rack this all summer please.

15 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Snowpack at the picnic tables remains near normal with the long term average.  This season has been pretty normal on the whole for the snow department, snowfall and snowpack. Pretty crazy for Dec/Jan/Feb to average +8 and then a +6.3 March… even April is +2.5.  Statistically, to have these departures in the winter and still see normal snowfall, it’s a weird combo.

Yeah one look at that graph and you can tell it was a weird winter. Surprised to hear those +departures in March and April, it's felt like a cooler spring so far.  Guess when you get used to +8 then anything less feels normal.

Just a fantastic day out on the hill. Not the deepest ever.. but light dry snow, sunshine, and empty lift corrals made it one of the best days this year for me.

My wife and I bought ebikes a couple weeks ago so you can all thank us for the late winter resurgence.

All respect to High Road but I gotta say J.Spin always delivers the most accurate and detailed local snow report right here on the forum. It's much appreciated and always helps me make good skiing choices for the coming days.

Stowe and MRG get the nod for runners up hah

7” at home, seems to be a jackpot locally as everywhere I’ve been today has less.

So nice to see winter back in the valley. Is it just me or did we used to get way more of these fluffy clippers?

Almost craving sun more than snow at this point.

According to local NBC weather: "January 2024 has been an exceptionally cloudy month in the Champlain Valley. 87% of days over the course of the month have had overcast skies at noon, which is the highest percentage since 1951."

20 minutes ago, mreaves said:

I saw a lot of white plates heading south on 89 Monday. Did they get much of good holiday weekend? 

Yeah Sunday and Monday were decent especially considering we just had two warm storms roll through. Certainly no disaster like Christmas week.

But Tuesday's system plus the lake effect/upslope the past two days have really added the powder on top that we needed. Those who took the whole week off are being rewarded.

I gotta think a lot of the VAST system has the green light now too?

Yeah the mountains are stuffed all of a sudden. Such high quality snow too. What a sleeper week.